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18 to be working-good, to be-rich in good[a] works, to be generous, sharing ones, 19 treasuring-up for themselves a good foundation for the future[b], in order that they may take-hold-of real life.

Guard The Deposit, Timothy

20 O Timothy, guard the deposit[c], turning-aside-from the profane empty-chatterings and opposing-arguments of the falsely-named “knowledge”—

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:18 Or, commendable, praiseworthy.
  2. 1 Timothy 6:19 Lit, the thing coming.
  3. 1 Timothy 6:20 That is, this book (1:18); or, the ministry entrusted to you; or, the Gospel.

18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,(A) and to be generous and willing to share.(B) 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves(C) as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of(D) the life that is truly life.

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted(E) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter(F) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

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